Court of Appeals for the First Circuit November 20, 1902, Nos. 431, 432; No. 433 (The S. L. Watson)

PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.

These appeals arise out of a breach of a written contract designated a “charter party,” dated on July 26, 1899, by which one Mr. Stanwood, as agent for J. C. Gilchrist, the *946owner of the barges, and the claimant, who did business under the style of Gilchrist Barge Company, contracted that the barges Thomas P. Sheldon and S. L.